Umbrella



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A. A. ZZWEEBEL.

UMBRELLA Filed Feb. 5, 1927 Gum up Fatented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES P AT'ENT OFFICE.

UMBRELLA.

Application filed February 3, 1927. Serial No. 165,626.

This invention aims to provide novel means for connecting a broken umbrella rib with the notch.

In the drawings I Figure 1 shows in elevation, a portion of an umbrella equipped with the device formin the subject matter of this application;

*igure 2 is a longitudinal section of the retainer;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan of the retainer;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section showing the retainer and the latch in operative relation to each other and to the notch, prior to the assembly of the parts specified;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section showing the device assembled with the pivot element of the umbrella notch;

Figure 6 is a cross section on the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a plan of the latch.

The numeral 1 marks the staff of an umbrella, the staii carrying a notch 2 provided with pivot elements 3 whereon the ribs 4: are mounted to swing, the ribs generally being of trough shape in cross section. Sup pose that one of the ribs, designated specifically by the numeral 5, is broken off as shown at 6, and that it is desired to renew the pivotal connection between the broken rib 5 and the notch 2. Then, the inner end of the broken rib 5 is placed in a retainer 7, preferably in the form of a trough-shaped socket, the socket or retainer 7 being supplied at its outer end with a longitudinal slot 8 forming arms 9 having transverse fingers 10 which engage and hold the broken rib in the socket 7. The device may be'madc to operate in two ways, the showing of the drawings being the same in either instance. First, the socket 7 may be made of stiff but bendable material, and, then, the arms. 9 and the fingers 10 are pinched about the broken rib 5 with a pair of pliers or any other suitable tool, or, if preferred, the arms 9 and the fingers 10 may have resiliency enough so that the inner end of the broken rib 5 may be sprung into the socket or re tainer 7, without the use of tools.

In its forward end, the retainer has a longitudinal slot 11 located between parallel extensions 12 having hooks 14, the bills of which extend upwardly, as shown in. FigureQ. YWithin the socket or retainer 7 is located a latch 15, in the form of abar, the latch being retained in place by the fingers 10. The latch 15 is thinned at its inner end, as shown at 18, and is provided with a hook 16, the bill, of which extends downwardly, as shown in Figures t and 5, the parts 7 and 15, thus, being provided with oppositely facing hooks which cooperate to form a closed bearing receiving the pivot element 3, and constituting a means whereby the broken rib 5 is pivotally assembled again with the notch 2. For convenience in handling the latch 15, it may be provided at its rear end with an off-set bend 17 \Vhat is claimedis:-

In a device of the class described, a troughshaped socket and a retainer bar, the socket and the bar having oppositely facing hooks, the socket being provided with a longitudinal slot through which the hooked end of the retainer bar extends, whereby the socket and the retainer bar may be disposed in crossed relation and closed together, like a pair of pliers, to cause the hooks to cooperate in forming a pivot eye, the socket being provided with means for engaging the retainer bar to hold the retainer bar within the socket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown, I have hereto affixed my signature.

AMBROSE A. ZWIEBEL.

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